vim backupdb.sh

#!/bin/bash

############### Infos - Edit them accordingly  ########################

DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H%M`
LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR="/backups"
DB_NAME="database_name"
DB_USER="root"
DB_PASSWORD="root_password"

FTP_SERVER="111.111.111.111"
FTP_USERNAME="ftp-user"
FTP_PASSWORD="ftp-pass"
FTP_UPLOAD_DIR="/upload"

LOG_FILE=/backups/backup-DATE.log

############### Local Backup  ########################

mysqldump -u $DB_USER  -p$DB_PASSWORD $DB_NAME | gzip  > $LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR/$DATE-$DB_NAME.sql.gz

############### UPLOAD to FTP Server  ################

ftp -nv $FTP_SERVER << EndFTP
user "$FTP_USERNAME" "$FTP_PASSWORD"
binary
cd $FTP_UPLOAD_DIR
lcd $LOCAL_BACKUP_DIR
put "$DATE-$DB_NAME.sql.gz"
bye
EndFTP

############### Check and save log, also send an email  ################

if test $? = 0
then
    echo "Database Successfully Uploaded to the Ftp Server!"
    echo -e "Database Successfully created and uploaded to the FTP Server!" | mail -s "Backup from $DATE" your_email@email.com

else
    echo "Error in database Upload to Ftp Server" > $LOG_FILE
fi

chmod +x backupdb.sh

/backups/backupdb.sh

crontab -e

30 02 * * * /backups/backupdb.sh